NEW DELHI:
BJP youth leader
Priyanka Sharma, who was released on Wednesday, said that she will not apologise for sharing a
meme
of
West Bengal
chief minister
Mamata Banerjee.
The BJP youth leader said that she will fight the case in the court.
Addressing a press conference, Sharma said that she was treated badly in the jail and that she was not allowed to talk to anybody. She further said that she was arrested because she is a BJP worker and was made to sign an apology.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court said it will hear in July first week Priyanka Sharma's application seeking action against the West Bengal police.
The
SC also censured West Bengal government over the delay in her release. The apex court had ordered her release on Tuesday and asked her to tender an apology.
The top court's decision came afer the BJP leader's lawyer informed that Sharma was not released yesterday and before her release today she was asked to sign an apology letter prepared by the police which said she will not post the meme again.
The court had yesterday granted bail to Sharma, against whom a complaint was filed in Bengal for sharing a photo in which Banerjee's face was photoshopped onto actor
Priyanka Chopra's picture from a MET Gala event in New York.
It had observed that freedom of speech ends when it infringes upon the rights of others.
West Bengal police arrested Sharma on May 10 under section 500 (defamation) of the IPC and under other provisions of the Information Technology Act on the complaint of local Trinamool Congress leader Vibhas Hazra.